CosmoKramer
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I have read two or three articles about No Line's opening week sales projecting "so low". That’s funny, and Ill tell you why. They compare this album to "Bomb"; the only problem is that Bomb came out Thanksgiving week, which is the biggest sales week of the year. I know some U2 fans will point to a declining market, which is kind of true but U2 buck's this trend. Lets compare apples to apples:
Pop came out in March of 1997. I think it is fair to say that the music industry was at/near its peak at this time...right? So, Pop opened up with 349,000 albums sold in its 1st week.
No line came out in March or 2009 (12 years later in that declining market). If this album sells 500k, 400k or even 350k, that means it would have outsold an album they released 12 years ago in the same month. That’s amazing.
Now, Im sure Doc Who will mention that they promote their albums more (much more) than they did in the 80's and 90's and that is correct. But the fact is, in a market that has declined by 40 or 50% since 2000/2001 and a band that according to some (very few) critics is 18 years removed from relevancy is creating more demand for their albums than they were 12 years ago. I mean, even ATYCLB was released in a bigger sales "time"(1st week of November) than No line but if you wanted to compare sales, that would be a fair comparison as well.
Bottom line folks- just Breathe and say out loud: Here we go Steelers Here we go...oh wait, wrong forum , I meant "Lets go U2, kick some ass on your Stadium tour!!"
http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2009/03/why_is_u2_proje.php? here is the link to one of the stories I am talking about
Pop came out in March of 1997. I think it is fair to say that the music industry was at/near its peak at this time...right? So, Pop opened up with 349,000 albums sold in its 1st week.
No line came out in March or 2009 (12 years later in that declining market). If this album sells 500k, 400k or even 350k, that means it would have outsold an album they released 12 years ago in the same month. That’s amazing.
Now, Im sure Doc Who will mention that they promote their albums more (much more) than they did in the 80's and 90's and that is correct. But the fact is, in a market that has declined by 40 or 50% since 2000/2001 and a band that according to some (very few) critics is 18 years removed from relevancy is creating more demand for their albums than they were 12 years ago. I mean, even ATYCLB was released in a bigger sales "time"(1st week of November) than No line but if you wanted to compare sales, that would be a fair comparison as well.
Bottom line folks- just Breathe and say out loud: Here we go Steelers Here we go...oh wait, wrong forum , I meant "Lets go U2, kick some ass on your Stadium tour!!"
http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2009/03/why_is_u2_proje.php? here is the link to one of the stories I am talking about